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Every little
thing you do or not do make you more like the Buddha or Mara. -
stonepeace

There is a bizarre phenomenon in many offices these
days. Almost everyone wears a jacket, or at least has one on standby -
because the air-conditioners are often set to ridiculously low
temperatures. Those who have a jacket usually don't complain when it's too
cold - they simply put it on without question. The
ritual of donning a jacket upon entry to the cold office becomes mindlessly
automated, when it's actually unnecessary. There are of course
few complaints that it's too hot, since it's usually too
cold! When staff come in from the hot outdoors, the temperature
tends to get turned down even lower. But when they begin to
feel cold after cooling down, they put on jackets - instead of
turning up the temperature!

Most are so passively
used to "freezing" that they see no problems with working in a
"freezer". But in reality, it's highly problematic - due to the
continual waste of energy. Here's a proposal - Only turn on air-conditioners when truly needed. And set
them to a more or less normal room temperature - to simulate the
temperature of a normal room that needs no air-conditioning! Then we
can do away with all the jackets, and save the Earth - to some
extent at least. By a horrific irony, one of the very reasons the Earth
is heating up (from global warming) is because we are powering up more
air-conditioners to turn her temperature down. Yet while we freeze
ourselves, the Earth's fever increase. And as she further heats up, we
turn the temperature further down, further driving her (with
us) to an early grave!

In "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of
Life", Shantideva taught, "Where would there be enough
leather to cover the entire world? The Earth is covered over with the
mere leather of my sandals. Likewise, I am unable to restrain external
phenomena, but I shall restrain my own mind, what need is there to restrain
anything else?" Should I then obediently follow the crowd by putting
on a jacket? No - because being green is not to protect only oneself, but
the entire world. But how can there be enough environmental
consciousness to "cover the entire world"? When it starts with you living
and spreading the message. Till a more healthy temperature is accepted by
the majority, I'll always be one of the few rebels, who will turn up the
air-conditioner or switch it off, as when appropriate - not to
selfishly suit myself though, but to suit common sense for the welfare of Mother
Earth and her earthlings. I'm not one of the crowd, and might even be
resented by the crowd, seen as "inconsiderate". But it'll take this
same crowd too, to eventually change its mind - to be
considerate to Earth, for her to be saved. Be a green rebel
with a cause! Be Earth's Bodhisattva best you can - for the sake of
the entire world! - Shen
Shi'an

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You're Still Carrying Her" __________________________________________Excerpt:With Whom & When Do You Cultivate
Patience?'Being mad' is called so as it is truly mad to be
so. - stonepeaceDo not get angry
with those who harm you.If you get angry with those who harm you,When
are you going to cultivate patience? -Atisa

When someone hurts
you, insults you or accuses you unjustly, the effect - as long as you do not
lose your temper with that person or bear a grudge - will be to exhaust many of
your past negative actions and obscurations. Be developing patience in such
situations you can accumulate abundant merit. Consider all who wrong you,
therefore, as your teachers. As it is said,

If there
were no one with whom to get angry,with whom could you cultivate
patience?- Words of My
Perfect Teacher : A Classic Introduction to Tibetan
Buddhism (Patrul Rinpoche)

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